Welcome to the Sydney Golf Academy

Our mission is to reignite golf participation levels in Sydney, by introducing the game in a fun, relaxed and enjoyable learning environment. We pride ourselves on being Sydney’s most popular golf academy, with services delivered by highly trained and experienced Australian coaches. Our aim is to deliver great learning experiences which in turn encourages our participants to forge a lifelong love affair with the game of golf through confident and enjoyable golf.

We have a great team of experienced PGA accredited coaches available from 7am – 9pm, 7 days a week. The coaches schedules are staggered to enable us to have coaches available at a time that suits you.

Meet our instructors

We have seven PGA accredited teaching professionals here at the Sydney Golf Academy. Each professional brings different qualities both in terms of playing and teaching experiences, enabling you to best match a teaching professional to your needs and learning style. Click on one to find out more about them.

Bobby Walia

Bobby Walia

Bobby Walia is a sought-after coach at the Sydney Golf Academy. With over 15 years of international playing and coaching experience, Bobby has toured from South Africa to San Diego, via Botswana and Berlin. He played professionally on the Sunshine Tour and has been mentored by industry greats. Bobby was handpicked to teach players at sea for five years aboard the prestigious residential ship, The World.

In addition to private lessons, group classes and corporate lessons, Bobby heads up Moore Park’s popular Women’s Programs.

Philosophy – Bobby’s teaching philosophy is centred on feel and understanding. Having encountered numerous swing types and personalities, he knows golfers are all built differently, and no two think the same. Bobby’s goal is to get an insight as to where they want to go with their game and where they think they are going wrong. “Teaching with the client’s point of view in mind achieves a higher absorption and retention, and therefore improvement rate.”

Axel Jung

Axel Jung

Axel is a member of the PGA of Australia and is very passionate about coaching, ensuring his clients have a passion and form a love of the game. Originally from South Korea, Axel completed military service duty in 1994 while he was still working on his golf game; this military background has given him a strong physical & mental aspect to both his personal game and teaching style.

Axel’s professional golf career began at Moore Park Golf in 2011, completing his traineeship. His professional playing debut was 2014 in the NSW PGA Championship and he has great talent in demonstration play and coaching any and all levels of golfers.

Everyone has a different learning style, and Axel excels in adapting teaching methods to suit your needs. He is an expert at using Flightscope technology, a cutting-edge radar system to collect ball flight and club movement data, to improve your techniques.Axel is also certified in TPI L1 (Biomechanics), which means he can analyse your swing and assist you in finding your most efficient motor pattern, allowing you to unleash your hidden powers!

Ollie Gebert

Ollie Gebert

Ollie Gebert has been a member of the PGA since 2006. He was introduced to the game by his grandfather when he was 6 and he fell in love, turning his passion into a career. Ollie was the Head Professional at Balgowlah Golf Course and Cammeray Golf Course on Sydney’s northern beaches. Since moving to Moore Park Golf in 2014, he has been instrumental in growing the junior program, introducing hundreds of kids to the great game. Ollie is developing a reputation as one of the best junior instructors in Sydney and is currently coaching two kids that have qualified for the 2016 U.S. Kids World Junior Championships in Pinehurst, USA.

Ollie provides golf tuition to a broad range of golfers of any age and ability, ensuring he delivers an enjoyable, yet educational, learning experience. He will develop a game plan specifically suited to each client, which is designed to boost your confidence and reduce your frustrations. He begins by teaching each client to work on only one or two simple mechanical or mental processes at a time. As the client masters each process, their score will soon come down and the fun aspect of playing and learning golf comes to the fore.

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Arthur Kotsakis

Arthur Kotsakis

Arthur began his journey here at Moore Park Golf back in 2009 with the dream of one day becoming a teaching professional. The opportunity arose in 2011 when he was accepted in the PGA Traineeship Program. Throughout his 3 years of PGA training, Arthur won four trainee matches as well as topping his year in coaching. Arthur became a fully qualified PGA member in 2014 and has is eager for the opportunity to pass on his golf knowledge to the golfing enthusiasts.

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Scott Davis

Scott Davis

Scott’s golfing journey started when he became the Australian Trainee Champion in 1988. Upon completion of his golf traineeship a year later, Scott spent the following 6 years as a Touring Professional playing on the Australian, Asian, Canadian and Swedish tours. After his retirement, Scott directed his focus to golf tuition and developed a passion and love for helping friends and clients enjoy the game. Scott’s own professional development came through teaching whilst travelling the world and working alongside renowned professionals such as Randy Henry, Jim McLean, Ben Doyle, Paul Hart, Lawrie Montague, and his own personal mentor Gary Barter.

Scott has now been an Australian PGA member for 25 years and is certified with extensive national and international experience. As program director at some of the best facilities in New South Wales, Scott now uses this expertise to assist individuals from complete beginners who want to develop into competitive players to working with more progressed golfers on key skill sets required to pursue a professional career in golf.

Recent success profiles Scott has helped include Adam Stephens who is a Canadian PGA Tour and Australian PGA Tour winner, Brendan Jones who has won multiple titles on the Japanese PGA Tour, Nathan Green a PGA Tour winner and Michelle Ellis who is a Ladies Australian Amateur Champion.

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Rick L'Estrange

Rick L'Estrange

Rick has been a PGA member for over 50 years with coaching experience teaching the concept of “Easy Golf”. In this time he has introduced the game to over 140 Junior Golf Schools across the country and to this day is still known as “The King of Kids”. Rick has always made time to play Pro-Ams because it’s important for clients to see their instructor as a player as well as their mentor. During these competitions, Rick has won the 1994 Senior NSW Open, 1995 Senior Australian Open where he still holds the record for 7 under par and the 1995 West Coast Australian Masters.

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Ramon Kesur

Ramon Kesur

Ramon has been a PGA Golf Professional for over 30 years, his has a wealth of experience having taught golf in Germany, England and Australia. Ramon has been teaching at Moore Park Golf since 1996, assisting all levels of golfers from beginners, juniors and seniors to groups of golfers. Ramon has added to his teaching skill set by learning from some of the best coaches in the world, Rick Smith (former coach of Phil Mickelson), Hank Haney (coach of Tiger Woods), Gary Edwin (former coach of Peter Lonard and former Australian coach of the year), and has been involved in many self development programs. Ramon is a regular attendee at PGA learning conferences which culminated in an invitation to the World Scientific Golf Congress held in St Andrews in Scotland.

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“I didn’t think a few lessons would improve my game that much – I was incredibly wrong! After just a few sessions, my handicap started to drop and now I’m almost down to single figures. As soon as I started, my coach pointed out a few small things I needed to work on which I never even thought of before. I would definitely recommend the Sydney Golf Academy to anyone looking to improve their golf.”

Joe Tremain

“I started out with a few friends just to try something new and to keep active, now I’m playing almost every week. The coaching team gave me everything I needed and even helped me pick the perfect clubs for my game.”

Lucy Stapleton

“I didn’t think a few lessons would improve my game that much – I was incredibly wrong! After just a few sessions, my handicap started to drop and now I’m almost down to single figures. As soon as I started, my coach pointed out a few small things I needed to work on which I never even thought of before. I would definitely recommend the Sydney Golf Academy to anyone looking to improve their golf.”

Joe Tremain

“I started out with a few friends just to try something new and to keep active, now I’m playing almost every week. The coaching team gave me everything I needed and even helped me pick the perfect clubs for my game.”